Ken Vincent
KEN is a 46 year veteran hotelier and entrepreneur. Formerly owned two hotels, an advertising agency, a wholesale tour company, a POS company, a leasing company, and a hotel management company. The hotels included chain owned, franchises, and independents. They ranged in type from small luxury inns, to limited service properties, to large convention hotels and resorts. After retiring he authored a book, “So Many Hotels, So Little Time” in which he relates what life is like behind the scenes for a hotel manager. Ken operated more that 100 hotels and resorts in the US and Caribbean and formed eight companies. He is a firm believer that senior management should share their knowledge and experience with the next generation of management.
No, this isn't about having a baby, nor raising a baby. Neither am I dipping my pen into the raging moral debate regarding abortion, at least not in this post.
This is an update on the conditions in the Panama...
The railroad ran beside the house and barn, out on the north side of the small town. It was the era of steam engines. The southbound trains always stopped there and the engine disconnected and went downtown to refill...
Okay, I'm sure someone will say, or at least think, "I don't have any enemies". I'm a good person, kind, generous, thoughtful, and caring so why would I have enemies? Well, I am not suggesting that you deserve to...
Last year we writers were on a kick about leadership. What makes a good leader and the traits of a bad leader. We finally, after restating those factors many times and in many ways, beat the subject to death. ...
I've read several posts recently bemoaning the term "human assets". The theory is that it dehumanizes the employee (okay, politically correct the "associate"). It seems that to some the human asset term ranks the personnel along with bank accounts,...
Now that we have a couple of years of robust economic growth following the 8 or 9 years of economic recession/stagnation, there seems to be a renewed interest in becoming an entrepreneur. Perhaps it isn't so much a renewed interest...
Love him or hate him or somewhere in-between, one has to admit that he has done a lot in two years. Facts are facts. The economy is stronger than it has been in many years. He has gotten us...
We have taken another step into the black hole of high technology in our home. We recently received a cylinder called Alexa. This is a machine that sits on the counter and says things. After Christina got it functioning she called...
Larry Tyler has written about the need for a getaway. A retreat where one can recharge the batteries and escape the whirlwind of daily life. Of course, his "cottage by the sea" can be anyplace. Perhaps a cabin in...
Lessons learned and relearned
Where to start? Perhaps the most sweeping realization is that our society is ill equipped to “rough it”. Pioneers we are not. For the most part we are totally reliant on others, not only for our...